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Did you know that the LEA offers two scholarships of $1500 each year to seniors planning to make a career in teaching?   Recent recipients include:       

             Danielle Moxley - 2007                  Anne Chrismer - 2006               Katie Chronister - 2002
             Stephanie Shoemaker - 2007          Colleen Schmidt - 2006             Adele Mauck - 2002

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 Going Beyond at AC & RA Minimize

Cashman, Stephanie
Learning Support

Committees: Spring Achievement, Fall Festival,
Boxtops, Character Ed., Earth Day
Planning, grading papers
Environmental Camp
Judging poster contest
IEP Writing, parent conferences, RR writing

Collins, Araby
Reading/CA

Committees: Fall Festival, SAP, Spring Achievement,
Character Ed., Cinco de Mayo, Environ. Camp
Planning, lesson preparation, assessments
Special events: interviewing, organizing,
purchasing, planning, curricular coordination
      

 Going Beyond at MAMS Minimize

Becker, Beth
Sixth Grade

Committees: MS Envirothon, Fall Festival
Spring Achievement Fair, Challenge Day
Planning, embryology project, sixth grade camp, curriculum
Sports support (not including own children)
Chaperoning (including sixth grade camp)
Special Events coordination, attendance
Letters of Recommendation
Room preparation, organizing, filing, clean-up

 

Curlen, Kit
Communications Arts

Student Assistance Program (SAP) meetings
Committee service: Fall Festival, Communications Arts,
Spring Achievement, Team Leaders
Fall Festival volunteer
Spring Achievement volunteer
Chaperoned dance
Sports and arts attendance
Environmental Camp volunteer hours
Planning, lesson preparation, assessments, room prep.
Tutoring

Gall, Russell
Science

Character education training
School improvement meetings
Tutoring
Planning, lesson preparation
Sports support
Special events preparation, attendance
Volunteer work

Hamme, Courtney
Math

Tutoring, conducting math remediation lessons
Planning, preparing lessons, evaluations, materials
Support at athletic, arts events
Chaperoning dance
Volunteer, costume assistance, MAMS musical
Evening, weekend contacts with parents

Megela, Rich
Sixth Grade

Tutoring after school
Planning, lesson and materials preparation
Benji Hartlaub Tournament
Outdoor Camp, Spring Achievement
Assessments, evaluation, preparing reports, curriculum research

Showvaker, Bonnie
Math

Volunteer scorer, all JH wrestling matches
Volunteer scorer, FH away games
Organized, worked JH Wresting Team Tourney
Sports support, MAMS BB, JH FB, LHS BB games
Planning, lesson preparation, early arrival

Smith, Carole
Learning Support

Writing IEP=s (beyond time allotted)
Tracker program implementation

Early arrival: planning, lesson preparation
Sports support
MAMS Musical

Smith, Chris
Social Studies

Research, lesson and unit preparation, new curriculum
Early arrival, lesson planning

Wantz, Randy
Social Studies

Research, preparation for new curriculum
Sports support, attendance

Wareham, Barry
Music

Colorguard evening practices
Monday evening ensembles
Youth Band Festival
County Band
Solo and Small Ensemble Festival hosting
Mini Band Camp
Mini Camp 8/05, Grad. Project
After-school help
Eighth Grade Farewell, rehearsals and performance
Christmas Mini Recital, nursing home visit
Pep Band: bleacher music, Ele. FB

Wendel, Jodi
Learning Support

Thunderbolt Pride Committee
Sports events support
IEP Writing

      

 Going Beyond at LHS Minimize

Becker, Sally
Art

Scholastic Art Awards, County (4) and Regional (7)
History Meets the Arts show, hanging, taking down
York, Gettysburg, and Hanover arts exhibits
Planning, grading, organizing art and pottery work rooms

Benoski, Kathy
Library

Committees: Awards, Dept. Chair, National Education
Week, LEA Scholarship
Research and planning
Library open before school
Library open after school
Book searches for student research
Lunch with students, career, vocational advising
Grading papers

Art Berryman, Judy
Social Studies

Student Assistance Program, BeST, NHS committee
Tutoring, Thursdays after school
Lesson, unit planning, research, preparation
Sports support
Sponsored school trip abroad
School website maintenance

Berwager, Corinna
Learning Support

Tutoring, lesson, materials preparation
Reading of tests, lunch and prep time
IEP Writing
Research, report writing, extra paperwork
After school parent meetings, phone calls
Progress monitoring

Bittle, Corey
Learning Support

Basketball pre-, post-season coaching
Football field maintenance, lining
Football weekend meetings

Corey, Katie
Math

Tutoring after school, Mon. and Wed., Fall
Support at athletic events
Chaperone two dances
Planning, lesson building, assessments construction
Letters of Recommendation

Dugan, J.J.
English 10, ERE, Journalism

Tutoring, remediation, lunchtime, after school
Planning lessons, supplementals, new units, tests
Talent show
Materials, assessments preparation, before, after school (at LHS)

Dutterer, Carole
Marketing, OJT, DECA, Student Council

Student Assistance Program team
DECA state conference, national conference
District detention
OJT visitations after school hours

Finafrock, Josh
Social Studies

Bolt Booster volunteer
Tutoring
Planning lessons, assessments, research
Sports support
Chaperone sophomore dance
Coaches for Cancer
Letters of Recommendation
Volunteer weight room after school

Gantz, Todd
Math and English Tutoring

Tutoring before school
PLATO Reports (weekly)
Off-season baseball workouts
St. Patrick's Day Dance chaperone
Baseball dugouts, volunteer help
Volunteer Golf Coach

Giesey, Carol
English 9, 11, 12

Tutoring after school
Planning, lesson preparation, research
Scrabble, Mystery Words programs, evenings

Greene, Jim
Math

Tutoring
Grading, assessments
Sports attendance, tennis practice assistance
Calligraphy for awards certificates
Preparation, planning, materials
Calculus study sessions, nights, Saturdays
York Tennis for Kids: elementary feeder program
VP PA HS Tennis Coaches Assn.
Pres. York Area Tennis Coaches Assn.
USTA HS Competition Committee, presenter
Rules Interpretation for tennis, YAIAA

Haun, Bethany
Learning Support

Individualized Education Program writing (beyond IEP days)
IEP meetings (beyond contract day)
Lesson, unit planning, 9, 10, 11, 12 English curricula

Hirsch, Henry
Guidance Counselor

Student Assistance Program (SAP) Team
Talent Show, organizing, managing

Hoke, Tim
Mathematics

Tutoring
Grading, assessment building
Chaperoning dance
Talent Show practice, performance
District Detention monitor

Lyter, Brenda
Family and Consumer Sciences

Room and materials preparation, summer
Room organization, June

Martin, JoAnne
Math/Science/Computer

Tutor physics and math students
Alignment, preparation of Science materials
Talent Show, Field Trip volunteer
Letters of Recommendation
Develop, design Computer curricula
Modify, maintain web page on LASD site

Mauck, Susan
English

Student Assistance Program Team
Tutoring, 2-3 afternoons/week
Planning, grading
Support at sports events: FB, FH, T&F
Chaperone Homecoming Dance
Eighth Grade Open House, Academic Awards, Graduation
Speech Team Adriver,@ and judge
Academic Challenge Team Advisor
Letters of Recommendation
Summer Competencies: review and evaluate four writing
projects written by summer school students

Morse, Jeff
Science

LHS Fall Play tour of area nursing homes, MAMS

Purnell, Jan
Instructor of Gifted, LHS and MAMS

Early arrival: Planning, program standards alignment research
Nights, weekends, summer: planning, 67 GIEP's writing, updating
Tutoring seminar students re: transitions, scholarship applications, etc.

Rucker, Richard
Wood Tech. Ed.

Equipment repair, material purchase, delivery
Support at athletic events
Baseball Dugouts
Baseball for Youth
Pre-season Baseball workouts

Schieler, Kevin
Math

Volunteer Varsity Asst. Soccer Coach, practices
Volunteer Varsity Asst. Soccer Coach, away games, travel
Volunteer Varsity Basketball coach, practices
Volunteer JVBB coach, games
Chaperoned St. Patrick's Day Dance
Coach FB team kickers

Shermeyer, Amy
Chemistry

Advanced Placement Chemistry study sessions
Lab preparation and tear-down
Support at athletic events
Judging talent show
Preparation, assistance, National Honor Society Induction

Sites, Sallie
In-School Suspension

Interim Vice Principal, 9/05 and 10/05
Junior Class Advisor
Senior National Asst. Organizing Secretary,
Children of the American Revolution

Smith, Patrice
English, Speech, CHS

College in the High School, Awards, NHS, English meetings
After-school tutoring, Senior English, Speech
Routine planning, early arrival
Summer research, planning
Support athletic, music events
Chaperoned Academic Challenge Team
National Honor Society Induction rehearsals, accompanist
Optimist Club Speech Contest practice, attendance
Young Women's Leadership Conference keynote speaker
Letters of Recommendation
Assessing Advanced Placement, HACC Eng. and Senior English writing

Smith, Prudy
Art

Transport, set up, pick up student art work beyond school
Writing Letters of Recommendation
Set up art room at 7 a.m. daily for student access
Grading, planning, organizing materials

Staub, Scott
Business 393

Opens Business Computer Lab three hrs a week until 4 p.m.
Teaching 20-35 eighth grade football players in weightroom
FBLA officers= meetings twice a month before school
Two-day FBLA state leadership workshop
Regional Leadership Workshop
FBLA State Leadership Conference, three days, 19 kids, Hershey
FBLA National Leadership Conference, summer, weeklong

Tomassini, Amy
Learning Support

Committee service: Dept. Chair (unpaid)
Sports support
IEP Writing, scheduling for next year (while on sabb.)

Tschida, Melissa
Social Studies

Planning, integrating technology, new presentation of info
Letters of recommendation
Assessments of projects, Newspaper Notebooks, grading essays

Wagner, Janet
Health 6-8 97

Student Assistance Program team member
School Improvement Committee
Lesson planning, supplemental curriculum activities
Red Ribbon Week planning, activities
Spring Achievement Fair planning, volunteer

Weible, Brian
Social Studies

Volunteer Baseball
Spring Dance chaperone
Letters of Recommendation
Planning, room, lesson preparation

Welch, Thomas
Music

Concert attendance/participation
Concert preparation
County Chorus
National anthem rehearsals, auditions
Graduation performance preparation, auditions
Sound engineering, concerts, shows
College auditions student preparation
Letters of recommendation
Alloway Creek Talent Show
Piano Garage construction
Sound System research, purchase
Music research, purchase, preparation
Adams County Music Educators Assn. Meetings

Yutzy, Jennifer
English

BEST - Behavioral Support Team
Tutoring after school, from home
Planning
Support at athletic events
Chaperone Prom, Dances
Talent Show judge, participant
Letters of recommendation
Assessing English writing
Researching resources, methodologies

 
      

Summer of Learning for Littlestown Teachers

Teachers in Littlestown are earning more than 100 graduate credits in dozens of different classes during the summer of 2007.  In addition, Littlestown teachers have attended Governor’s Schools, managed art and academic academies, and studied a variety of subjects to improve their effectiveness in classroom and community.

Amanda Smith of Rolling Acres completed a graduate Assessment course toward her English as a Second Language certification from Shippensburg University.

Mary Malewicki, and Jeanne Baublitz are taking The Write Foundation – Six Plus One Traits of Writing, a course from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, in teaching primary students the basics of writing successfully. 

Nancy Smith, RA third grade teacher, devoted some of her summer to self-education, purchasing and absorbing several texts on the teaching of gifted and advanced students so she can better serve her classes this year.

Reading Specialists Deb Meckley and Carrie Soliday took a three-credit graduate course, Comprehensive Literacy, from Shippensburg University.   Administrators Larry Ott and Tim Mitzel also audited the course.

Heather Green, fourth grade teacher at Alloway Creek, is pursuing her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Shippensburg University. This summer, she earned six graduate credits with Teaching Science in the Elementary School and Advanced Child Development.

Third Grade Reading Support teacher Betsy Bein completed a six credit practicum toward her Reading Specialist Masters degree at McDaniel College. 

Heather Fowler completed two graduate classes - Economics and Financing in Education, and School Leadership in the 21st Century - at McDaniel College towards her Masters in Educational Administration.

Kim Dorman earned graduate credit for School Leadership in the 21st Century, offered by McDaniel College in Westminster.

Susan James, a 35-year teaching veteran, took two classes through The Learner’s Edge, one in Reading and on in Students’ Learning Difficulties; in August, she is taking a course in working with The Struggling Student.  Also, James attended a “Soar to Success” reading conference to learn to teach below grade-level students with updated materials and methods.  

 Jodi Wendel, a Learning Support teacher at Maple Avenue Middle School, took two graduate classes through the University of St. Thomas: Knowing What You Know: Summarizing Savvy, a class geared toward helping students put their learning into their own words succinctly and accurately, and Differentiated Learning: How to Teach to Varying Ability Levels.

Dana Nelson earned six graduate credit for Helping Students Become Self-Directed Learners and Including Students with Special Needs in the Classroom, both offered by Indiana Wesleyan University.

Jan Purnell earned six graduate credits by studying What Great Teachers Do and Instructional Strategies that Work through the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota.

Rolling Acres teacher Jen Yingling recently completed her graduate level Reading Specialist Practicum, a six-credit clinic offered by McDaniel College in Westminster for struggling readers in Maryland. 

High School English and Drama teacher Michael Baker taught at the Academy at the Eichelberger Performing Arts Center and directed six shows for them.

LHS Agriculture teacher Jesse Brandt took took three graduate classes at Penn State University Park -- Communications Methods and Media, Leadership Practices, and Introduction to Research Methods -- and also attended the PAAE (Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Educators) summer convention.   

 High School Librarian and Media Specialist Kathy Benoski  completed Helping Students become Self- Directed Learners Indiana Wesleyan University and is currently studying Learning Differences and Assessment to Improve Student Learning, both through Indiana Wesleyan.  She is also studying Teaching with Technology, a one credit graduate course through the University of St. Thomas. 

High School Social Studies teacher Kathy Hevner earned graduate credit in Learning Differences:  Effective Teaching with Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences from Indiana Wesleyan University. 

Math teacher Tim Hoke earned three graduate credits in Classroom Management from University while serving as Associate Director for Summer Discovery at Michigan, a University of Michigan learning program in Ann Arbor.

Brenda Lyter, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, attended the 2007 Governor's Institute on Financial Education from July 8-13.

LHS Biology teacher Wendy Norton took two graduate courses this summer, Issues in Education, and Educational Assessment both through Wilkes University.

Science colleague and high school chemistry teacher Amy Shermeyer earned six graduate credits for Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom and Achieving Success with Difficult Parents and Difficult Situations, both from the University of Colorado.

Eight members of the Littlestown Education Association studied at the Pennsylvania State Education Association’s weeklong seminar at Gettysburg College which was offered for graduate credit through Indiana University of Pennsylvania.   Studying the legal foundations and current practices of collective bargaining were High School Vocal Music Teacher Tom Welch and Fourth Grade Teacher Rachael Wire, a Littlestown High School ‘9X graduate.

Attending the Grievance Procedures School were veteran Art Teacher Sally Becker, Junior English Teacher Jenn Yutzy, and former LEA president and LHS Graphics teacher Thom Leib.  LEA President and Kindergarten Teacher Tina Motts and LEA Vice President and Third Grade Teacher Diane Bair attended the Leadership School; Senior English Teacher Patrice Smith studied the Labor Movement and Communications.

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